Certified Medical Assistant / Float
Company: Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Location: Harker Heights
Posted on: September 10, 2023
Job Description:
OverviewCertified Medical Assistant, Float Pool, Full-Time,
Days--Join our Seton Medical Center Team as a Certified Medical
Assistant working with our Float Pool Team!--Seton Medical Center
Harker Heights (SMCHH) is an 83-bed acute care hospital opened in
2012 in Harker Heights, Texas offering an array of services. We
provide exceptional care through collaboration with our associates,
physicians, volunteers and community partners. Our award-winning
staff provides patient care with dignity and respect.
ResponsibilitiesJOB COMPETENCIES
- Personal Effectiveness - Meets established timelines; follows
through to ensure completion of assigned objectives, seeks feedback
to improve performance, and demonstrates a positive, "can do"
attitude
- Innovation and change - Looks for opportunities to improve
processes and services, makes an effort to learn and develop new
skills, and is resourceful and enthusiastic in responding to new
challenges
- Fostering Teamwork - Is open and honest in dealing with others,
demonstrates commitment to team objectives, and sees challenges
facing department and helps the team to address them
- Quality Services - Delivers high quality services to internal
and external customers, accepts responsibility and takes action to
address quality issues, and helps operations & services respond to
the needs of caregivers
- Integrity - Adheres to a standard of ethical conduct that
promotes trust and open communication, earns trust by living up to
commitments, and can be counted on to keep confidences
- Innovator - Seeks creative ways to solve problems to achieve
growth or reduce costs, willing to lead, risk-taker, willing to
make mistakes, achieves quality outcomes.
- Commitment to Service - Committed to excellence in customer
service and operational performance, customer focused, cares for
others, self-sacrificing.
- Rewards/Recognizes - Communicates clear expectations, values
work and efforts of others, recognizes and rewards
performance.
- Stewardship - Finds ways to accomplish tasks, problem-solving,
positive and persistent, uses resources responsibly and
effectively, uses own and other's time wisely, sets priorities,
proactive, plans and works effectively, follows through
- Self-Awareness - Insightful into his/her strengths,
demonstrates effective emotional responses, self-confident,
involves people with strength he/she does not possess.--MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES:--Fulfills patient care responsibilities as
assigned which may include:
- checking schedules and organizing patient flow;
- accompanying patients to exam/procedure room;
- assisting patients as needed with walking, transfers,
dressing/collecting specimens, preparing for exam, etc.;
- collecting patient history;
- performing screenings per provider guidelines;
- assisting physicians/nurses with various procedures;
- charting; relaying instructions to patients/families;
- Answering calls and providing pertinent information.Fulfills
clerical responsibilities as assigned which may include:
- sending/receiving patient medical records;
- obtaining lab/x-ray reports, hospital notes, referral
information, etc.;
- completing forms/ requisitions as needed;
- scheduling appointments; verifying insurance coverage and
patient demographics;
- managing and charts to ensure information completed and filed
appropriately.Fulfills environmental responsibilities as assigned
which may include:
- setting up instruments and equipment according to department
protocol;
- cleaning exam/procedure rooms, instruments and equipment
between patient visits to maintain infection control;
- cleaning sterilizer according to scheduled maintenance program
and keeping appropriate records;
- ordering, sorting, storing supplies; restocking exam/procedure
rooms.Fulfills organizational responsibilities as assigned which
may include:
- respecting/promoting patient rights;
- responding appropriately to emergency codes;
- sharing problems relating to patients and /or staff with
immediate supervisors
quickly.QualificationsEducation/Skills/Experience:
- High School Diploma or GED Required
- 1 year of experience preferred
- Must be proficient with Electronic Health Records
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English
language.
- Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with physicians,
personnel, patients, family members, visitors, and the
public.Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications:
- Certified Medical Assistant Certification
- BLS certification thru American Heart Association
Keywords: Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, Temple , Certified Medical Assistant / Float, Healthcare , Harker Heights, Texas
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